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  1. Department of Engineering & IRC in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK

    Dan L. Bader PhD, DSc

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    Carlijn V.C. Bouten PhD  & Cees W.J. Oomens PhD  & 

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    Denis Colin MD (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

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Bergstorm, N. (2005). Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers and Evidence-Based Care for Pressure Ulcer Prevention. In: Bader, D.L., Bouten, C.V., Colin, D., Oomens, C.W. (eds) Pressure Ulcer Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28804-X_4

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